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CONTENTS. 


I.     THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO  SETTLEMENT. 

PAGES 

History $ 

The  Neighborhood 6 

Social  Influence 10 

Music IS 

Education 16 

.  Probation  Work 1 8 

</)  The  Penny  Savings  Bank 19 

?  Movements  Initiated 19 

a- Relation  to  Relief  Agencies 20 

4.  The  Library 21 

'^  Other  Affiliated  Interests,  not  Supported  by  the  Settlement  22 

-5  Residents 22 

Paramount  Need 23 

y-;  Relation  to  the  University 24 

<d   Application  for  Charter 25 

J    Charter 26 

ji   Constitution 27 

<J   Budget. 30 

xvDirectors 30 

Honorary  Members 31 

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II.     THE  SETTLEMENT  LEAGUE. 

Organization  and  Purpose 33 

(  a  Summarized  Reports  of  Treasurers    ...  33 
Finances  \  ,                              J^ 

(  o  Proceeds  from  Benefits 34 

Speakers  before  League 34 

Officers,  Past  and  Present 35 

Membership  List 36 


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ORGANIZATION    OF    SETTLEMENT. 

I.  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement,  a  cor- 
poration organized  under  the  laws  of  Illinois, 
which  carries  on  social  and  philanthropic  work 
at  4638  Ashland  avenue. 

II.  The   Settlement    League,   an    organization    of 
women  connected  with  the  University,  which 
renders  active  and  financial  support  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  Settlement. 


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MAP    OF    THE    STOCK-YARDS    DISTRICT. 

i.  Present  home  of  Residents  of  U.  of  C.  Settlement,  4638  Ashland  A\e. 
•2.  Former  home  of  Residents  of  U.  of  C.  Settlement,  4655  Gross  Ave. 

3.  New  Gymnasium,  4630  Gross  Ave. 

4.  New  City  Bath-House  No.  3.  4651  Gross  Ave. 

5.  New  Nursery,  cor.  Marshfield  Ave.  and  48th  St. 

6.  47th  St.  Methodist  Church,  cor.  Marshfield  Ave.  and  47th  St. 

7.  St.  Joseph  Church  (Polish),  R.  C.,  cor.  Paulina  and  48th  Sts. 

8.  SS.  Cyrill  and  Methodius  (Bohemian),  Hermitage  Ave.  and  soth  St. 

9.  St.  Martens  (German  Lutheran),  Marshfield  Ave.  and  sist  St. 

10.  St.  Rose  of  Lima  (Irish),  R.  C..  Ashland  Ave.  and  48th  St. 

11.  United  Evangelical  (German),  Justine  and  szd  Sts. 

12.  St.  Augustine  (German),  R.  C.,  Laflin  and  sist  Sts. 

13.  St.  John  the  Baptist  (French),  R.  C.,  Peoria  and  soth  Sts. 

14.  Church  of  the  Visitation,  R.  C.,  Peoria  St.  and  Garfield  Blvd. 

15.  Publir  School  —  Seward,  Marshfield  Ave.  and  46th  St. 

16.  O'Toole,  Bishop  and  48th  Sts. 

17-  Hedges,  Winchester  Ave.  and  48th  St. 

18.  Fulton,  Hermitage  Ave.  and  53d  St. 

19.  Buckley,  Paulina  and  43d  St. 

20.  Sherman,  Morgan  and  soth  Sts. 

21.  Homer,  Center  Ave.  and  47th  Place. 

22.  Parochial  School,  St.  Rose  of  Lima,  Marshfield  Ave.  and  48th  St. 

23.  South  Branch,  Chicago  River. 

24.  Packing  Town. 

25.  Stock  Yards. 

26.  Railroads. 

27.  City  Dumping  Ground. 

Within  this  district  of  four  square  miles  there  are  300  saloons. 


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THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO 
SETTLEMENT. 


HISTORY. 

THE  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  was 
established  in  1894  by  the  Philanthropic 
Committee  of  the  Christian  Union  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  and  was  incorporated  in 
1898. 

The  Settlement  began  life  in  one  small  rear 
flat,  with  a  small  store-room  in  front,  which 
was  club-room,  play-room,  and  general  audi- 
torium. Two  fellows  of  the  Department  of  So- 
ciology of  the  University  were  the  first  residents. 
In  the  fall  of  1894  eight  small  rooms  were 
taken  in  the  same  building.  A  woman  resi- 
dent came  to  make  a  home,  and  soon  two 
others  joined  her.  Two  of  these  are  still  in* 
residence. 

In  1895  a  larger  hall  was  found  necessary. 
In  1896  four  flats  over  a  large  feed  store, 
together  with  a  store-room  near  by,  were 
rented  in  order  to  accommodate  the  clubs, 
classes,  lectures,  concerts,  etc.  In  1897  four 
lots  on  Gross  avenue  were  purchased,  on  which, 
two  years  later,  a  gymnasium  was  built.  This 


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new  building  is  an  auditorium  as  well  as  a  gym- 
nasium. It  has  a  play-room  for  the  younger 
children,  a  manual -training  room,  shower 
baths,  locker  rooms,  and  a  small  reading- 
room.  Here  also  is  the  public-library  station. 
Over  fifteen  hundred  people  come  to  the  gym- 
nasium weekly. 

THE  NEIGHBORHOOD. 

THE  Settlement  is  located  on  Ashland  ave- 
nue, near  Forty-seventh  street,  which  is 
the  boundary  between  the  twenty-ninth  and 
thirtieth  wards,  respectively  Irish  and  German 
in  population.  Lying  east,  in  a  square  mile 
between  Ashland  and  Halsted,  Thirty-ninth 
and  Forty-seventh  streets,  are  the  Union  Stock 
Yards  and  packing-houses.  A  short  distance 
west  of  the  Settlement  is  the  city  garbage 
dump  for  the  lake-shore  wards.  On  the  north 
is  a  branch  of  the  Chicago  River,  into  which 
three  sewers  empty.  This  is  known  as  "  Bubbly 
Creek, "because  of  the  carbonic-acid  gas  which 
is  constantly  escaping.  These  conditions,  with 
the  smoke  and  smell  from  the  packing-houses, 
are  driving  -away  .the  people  who  formerly 
owned  houses  here,  and  are  leaving  only  those 
who  are  unable  to  escape. 

Of  the  twenty  to  thirty  thousand  people 
working  in  the  Stock  Yards  perhaps  three- 
fourths  live  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Settlement. 


THE    GYMNASIUM. 


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As  long  as  work  in  the  "yards"  is  plentiful, 
the  standard  of  life  in  the  surrounding  neigh- 
borhood is  comparatively  high,  but  it  falls 
with  the  diminution  of  work.  This  is  an  indus- 
trial community,  and  not  a  "  slum  ; "  yet  irregu- 
larity and  uncertainty  of  employment  are 
most  demoralizing,  and  the  question  is  raised 
whether  bad  social  and  economic  conditions  do 
not  cause  intemperance  quite  as  inevitably  as 
intemperance  breeds  an  unemployed  class. 

Since  1896  the  number  of  women  and  girls 
employed  in  the  "yards,"  at  an  average  wage 
of  75  cents  a  day,  has  more  than  doubled. 
The  danger  which  thus  threatens  the  home 
life  of  the  community  is  obvious. 

There  is  a  saloon  for  about  every  forty 
voters.  These  saloons  are  political  and  social 
centers,  the  saloonkeeper  and  the  ward  poli- 
tician being  the  interpreters  of  American  insti- 
tutions. The  saloon  is  often  an  employment 
bureau  and  the  bank  where  checks  can  be 
cashed.  It  is  the  only  place  near  the  "yards" 
which  offers  a  comfortable  seat  at  the  lunch 
hour. 

Representatives  of  almost  every  national- 
ity of  Europe  are  citizens  of  this  community: 
Irish,  Germans,  Bohemians,  Poles,  Lithuanians, 
Scandinavians,  Hungarians,  Finns,  Welsh, 
Scotch.  The  greatest  centralizing  power  for 
each  of  these  nationalities  lies  in  the  church. 


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The  community  is  nominally  Christian.  Per- 
haps more  men  attend  church  than  in  most 
communities.  At  one  Catholic  church  fifteen 
hundred  men  have  been  known  to  attend  a 
two-days'  mission.  Within  walking  distance 
from  the  Settlement  house  are  two  German 
Lutheran  churches,  one  Methodist,  one  small 
Methodist-Episcopal  mission,  and  four  Catho- 
lic churches.  Each  church,  except  the  Metho- 
dist, has  its  parochial  school,  with  from  six  to 
nine  hundred  children  in  attendance. 

ideals   of    a    nation    are    found  its 


strongest  characteristics.  Thus  the  Bohemi- 
ans are  chiefly  interested  in  religious  ques- 
tions, the  Poles  are  intense  in  their  patriotism, 
the  Germans  are  occupied  with  social  ques- 
tions, while  the  Irish  are  busy  with  practical 
politics.  In  a  community  of  such  widely  dif- 
ferent social  and  religious  elements  there  is 
need  for  a  strong  centralizing  influence  which 
shall  be  non-partisan  and  non-sectarian,  yet  in 
the  deepest  sense  religious,  drawing  men  and 
women  together  on  the  basis  of  a  common 
humanity,  emphasizing  the  fatherliness  of  God 
and  proving  the  brotherliness  of  man  by  social 
service. 

/"    The  Settlement  believes  in  taking  the  dif- 

|    ferent   nationalities  as  it  finds  them,  recogniz- 

V  ing  that  which   is  of  universal  value  in  their 

various  ideals,  and  through  the  consciousness 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  9 

'of  common  social  interests  uniting  them  in  a 
new  civic  lifey  And  there  are  signs  that  the 
times  are  ripe  for  such  an  awakening.  A  few 
years  ago  the  educational  committee  of  the 
Polish  Alliance,  wishing  to  learn  on  what  sub- 
jects its  members  desired  to  have  lectures,  put 
the  question  to  a  vote.  The  majority  voted 
first  for  American  history,  next  for  constitu- 
tional history,  and  then  for  Polish  history  and 
literature,  proving  that  these  most  clannish  of 
foreigners  are  transferring  their  patriotism 
from  the  old  to  the  new  home.  The  first  gen- 
eration of  young  Americans  of  foreign  parent- 
age needs  the  social  offices  of  the  Settlement 
more  than  do  their  parents.  A  little  knowl- 
edge of  English,  a  crude  idea  of  American 
freedom,  give  these  young  people  a  notion 
that  they  are  superior  to  their  parents  who 
cannot  speak  English  and  who  still  cling  to  old- 
country  ideas.  Among  the  agencies  employed 
by  the  Settlement  to  counteract  this  tendency 
are  the  celebrations .  of  national  memorial 
days.  On  these  occasions  the  Settlement 
choruses  sing  in  English  the  national  songs  of 
the  various  nations  represented  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. The  spring  festival  of  national 
songs  given  in  1899  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Settlement  Choral  Society,  with  the  co- 
operation of  the  Polish  and  Bohemian  s^ng- 
ing  societies,  did  much  to  strengthen  the  spirit 


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of  brotherhood  and  sympathy  among  people 
separated  by  race,  education,  and  language. 
It  is  expected  to  make  this  international  festi- 
val an  annual  affair.  In  meeting  at  the  Settle- 
ment on  these  social  occasions,  foreigners  as 
well  as  Americans  learn  to  regard  simple, 
human  fellowship  in  a  new  and  different 
light. 

SOCIAL  INFLUENCE. 

A  CENTER  for  fellowship  that  emphasizes 
likenesses  and  ignores  differences — this 
is  the  need  in  communities  where  racial,  reli- 
gious, and  industrial  conditions  produce  an 
unsocial  class.  The  Settlement  tries  to  social- 
ize all  its  activities,  even  its  educational  work. 
A  few  of  its  agencies  which  are  of  special 
social  importance,  however,  may  be  men- 
tioned separately. 

The  Christmas  festivities  are  significant,  as 
are  all  the  social  occasions,  for  their  unifying 
effect  upon  different  elements.  At  a  recent 
Christmas  party  each  guest  blew  out  a  candle 
on  the  tree  and  made  a  wish.  It  was  a  revela- 
tion of  the  general  attitude  of  mind  to  hear 
the  majority  wish  for  cleaner  streets,  for  a 
public  bath,  public  playground,  new  Settle- 
ment building,  better  accommodations  for 
clubs,  better  conditions  for  the  workers,  and 
that  the  Settlement  might  never  go  away. 


ON   THE   PLAYGROUND. 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  " 

The  playground  has  had  a  most  wholesome 
effect  upon  the  social  life  of  the  children.  The 
mother,  baby,  big  and  little  brothers  and  sisters 
come  together  on  summer  days  to  the  shelter, 
where  a  kindergartner  presides  over  the  play, 
talks  with  the  mothers,  and  suggests  to  all 
opportunities  for  work  or  amusement.  During 
the  winter  the  gymnasium  is  the  center  of 
work  for  boys  and  girls.  There  are  five  gym- 
nasium classes  for  boys  and  girls  from  eleven 
to  fourteen  years,  besides  one  for  working  boys 
over  fourteen.  The  playground  and  organ- 
ized activities  have  done  more  than  anything 
else  to  weaken  "  gang  rule."  A  man  who  knows 
the  community  well  gives  the  Settlement  credit 
for  having  broken  up  the  boy  gangs  in  the  dis- 
trict back  of  the  "yards." 

The  Settlement  has  a  number  of  clubs  for 
boys  and  girls  from  eight  to  fifteen  years. 
Their  programs  vary  widely,  including  natural 
science,  manual  training,  wood-carving,  basket- 
weaving,  iron  and  leather  work.  Games,  sto- 
ries, and  singing  have  their  turn.  All  clubs 
for  older  children  have  instruction  in  self- 
government  and  simple  parliamentary  prac- 
tice. 

The  Little  Neighbors,  a  club  composed  of 
children  from  six  to  ten,  play  games,  make 
scrap-books  and  picture  frames,  and  do  basket- 
weaving  and  sewing.  ^  gfr 

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The  Woman's  Club  is  an  association  of 
women  of  different  creeds  and  nationalities  in 
a  fellowship  that  has  broadened  their  sympa- 
thies and  made  them  conscious  of  their  social 
power  in  the  community.  The  club  is  five 
years  old,  has  150  members,  and  is  federated 
with  the  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs. 
A  part  of  their  program  will  give  an  idea  of  the 
range  of  thought  of  these  women  : 

PROGRAM  FOR  1900-1901. 

OCTOBER  4  —  Reports  of  Committees  on  Visiting  Insti- 
tutions. 
OCTOBER  1 1  —  "  The  Democratic  Platform." 

MRS.  CHARLOTTE  HOLT. 

OCTOBER  18  —  "  The  Republican  Platform." 
OCTOBER  25  —  "  The  Socialist  Labor  Platform." 

MISS  MARY  E.  COULSON. 

NOVEMBER  i  —  "  The  Political  Equality  League." 

MRS.  MARY  E.  HOLMES. 

NOVEMBER  8  —  "The  Teeth." 

DR.  STELLA  SIMMS. 

NOVEMBER  15 — Housekeepers'  Day — Led  by  Members 

of  Hull  House  Woman's  Club. 
NOVEMBER  22  — Social  Evening  —  Stereopticon  Talk  : 

"  Evolution  of  the  Factory  System." 

MRS.  CHARLES  HENROTIN, 
President  Consumers'  League. 

NOVEMBER  29  —  Holiday. 
DECEMBER  6  —  "China." 

(By  Club  Members.) 

MRS.  LLOYD.      MRS.  WHITE.        MISS  BASS. 
MRS.  PRIEB.       MISS  GRAVES.       MRS.  JACOBSON. 

MRS.  ROBERT  GIVINS, 
AfcTraveler  in  China. 


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DECEMBER  13  —  "Shakespeare." 

MRS.  W.  SHERIDAN. 

DECEMBER  20  —  Song  Recital. 

MISS  MARI  R.  HOFER, 

DECEMBER  27 —  Christmas  Party. 
JANUARY  3  —  "  The  Old  and  the  New." 

MISS  CAROLINE    BLINN. 

JANUARY  10  —  "Parliamentary  Drill." 

MRS.  JULIA  B.  SHATTUCK. 

JANUARY  17  —  "The  Injustice  of  Philanthropy." 

MISS  CHARLOTTE  TELLER. 

JANUARY  24  —  "  What  Colored  Women  Are  Doing  for 
Humanity." 

MISS  FANNIE  B.  WILLIAMS. 

FEBRUARY  14  —  "Abraham  Lincoln — A  Recollection." 

MAJOR  MALCOLM  MCDOWELL. 

FEBRUARY  21  —  "  Industrial  Conditions  in  Chicago." 

MR.  ENGLISH  WALLING. 

FEBRUARY  28  —  Men's  Day  —  Evening  Social. 

PROFESSOR  GRAHAM    TAYLOR. 
Guest  of  Honor. 

MARCH  7  —  Mothers'  Day. 

(By  Club  Members.) 

MRS.  GREENLEAF.         MRS.  MALCOLM  MCDOWELL. 
MRS.  RAMP.  MRS.  ANNIE  MOORE. 

MRS.  AUGUSTA  BECKER. 

The  Woman's  Club,  cooperating  with  the 
Settlement,  has  secured  a  free  public  bath- 
house for  the  neighborhood,  as  well  as  manual 
training  and  kindergartens  in  several  public 
schools.  A  loan  association  has  also  been 
formed  by  a  committee  of  women  from  the 
club.  Under  the  supervision  of  the  agent  of 
the  Bureau  of  Charities  small  loans  are  made 


14  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

at  6  per  cent,  interest,  the  borrower  repaying 
in  weekly  payments.  This  is  an  effort  to  pro- 
tect the  poor  from  "mortgage  sharks." 

The  Bohemian  Woman's  Club  is  a  section 
of  the  Woman's  Club,  paying  its  share  of  the 
fee  to  the  State  Federation.  It  was  organized 
to  benefit  those  Bohemian  women  who  cannot 
speak  English.  They  meet  once  a  month, 
own  their  library,  and  have  followed  the  pro- 
gram of  the  Woman's  Club,  assisting  as  well 
in  all  its  social  work.  The  social  gatherings 
of  the  Bohemian  Woman's  Club  are  character- 
istic. Whole  families  attend ;  the  program 
fills  the  entire  afternoon ;  men,  women,  and 
children  take  part ;  coffee  and  cake  are  served  ; 
and  a  genial,  natural  spirit  of  fellowship,  sel- 
dom seen  in  large  gatherings  of  people,  pre- 
vails. 

The  Young  Woman's  Club  is  three  years 
old,  and  has  twenty-five  members.  Its  pro- 
grams have  included  cooking  and  embroidery 
lessons,  talks  on  travel,  household  decoration, 
and  sanitation.  The  parties  given  by  this  club 
have  set  a  new  standard  for  social  entertain- 
ments among  the  young  people  of  the  com- 
munity. 

The  Girls'  Monday  Evening  Social  Club  is 
composed  of  young  working-women,  to  whom 
it  furnishes  the  wholesome  recreation  which 
they  need  above  all  else. 


PICTURE    EXHIBITION    AT    THE    O'TOOLE    SCHOOL. 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  15 

The  Atlas  Club  is  a  club  of  young  men, 
devoted  to  the  gymnasium  and  its  interests. 
They  are  doing  good  work  in  gaining  the 
cooperation  of  other  clubs  to  secure  a  swim- 
ming pool  in  connection  with  the  public  bath- 
house, and  they  have  also,  in  more  than  one 
way,  proved  themselves  to  be  the  big  brothers 
of  the  Settlement. 

MUSIC. 

OINCE  the  first  year  of  the  Settlement  it 
W_y  has  found  that  the  heartiest  response  of 
the  community  was  given  to  its  efforts  to  pro- 
vide music.  The  Children's  Chorus,  of  from 
one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  voices, 
the  Skylarks,  graduates  from  the  Children's 
Chorus,  and  the  Orpheus  Choral  Society  of 
adults,  are  all  under  the  supervision  of  a 
woman  whose  training  and  artistic  talents 
have  made  the  music  educational  and  uplift- 
ing. The  Mandolin  Orchestra  Club  does  faith- 
ful work,  and  is  always  generous  in  giving  its 
services  for  social  gatherings. 

During  the  Christmas  season  of  1899  sixty 
members  from  the  Apollo  Club  sang  the 
"Messiah"  to  an  appreciative  audience  of  five 
hundred  people.  Moreover,  through  the  sale 
of  admission  tickets  for  the  benefit  of  music  in 
the  Settlement,  the  Apollo  Club  rendered  a 
social  as  well  as  an  aesthetic  service. 


1  6  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

EDUCATION. 

EACH  year  small  groups  of  faithful  stu- 
dents under  instructors  from  the  Uni- 
versity have  been  organized  for  study.  Classes 
in  history,  literature,  psychology,  Latin,  Greek, 
parliamentary  practice,  and  mathematics  are 
included  in  this  work.  A  scholarship  in  the 
University,  and  another  in  the  Chicago  Manual 
Training  School,  have  been  secured  by  the 
Settlement  for  two  young  men  from  the  neigh- 
borhood. 

WEEKLY  PROGRAM  FOR  1900-1901. 
MONDAY. 

P.  M.  LEADERS.  PLACE. 


4:oo-Gir,s'  Gymnasium  Class  ... 


Hiss  Ruth  Vail,    U.  of  C.. 


7  to  8 — Girls'  Gymnasium  Class  . ..  •<  Miss  Cecile  Bowman,  " 


Gymnasium 


-  Gymnasium 


(Mis 
...]Mis 

(  Miss  Adams,  Pianist,  " 

8  to  9 — Young  Woman's  Club Miss  Edna  Bevans Gymnasium 

Assistant  Librarian Mrs.  Sarah  Clark Gymnasium 

8 :  oo— Girls'  Social  Club j  JJ|^  Johnso^i"13"'  U*  ?/  C  "     "  I  Settlement  House 

TUESDAY. 

P.  M. 

2 :  oo — English  Class Miss  Emily  Miladowski,  U.  of  C.  Settlement  House 

2  :  oo — Library  Assistant Miss  Helen  Blumenthal,  U.  of  C.  Gymnasium 

T -iti    ^T  •  vi-  (  Mrs.  Charles  Leonard ...  ••)<-<  •  _ 

3 :  oo-Little  Neighbors  j  Mrs_  Neidlinger)  Pianist (  Gymnasmm 

4 :  oo — Manual  Training. ...    Miss  Elizabeth  Jones Gymnasium 

7 : 30 — Savings  Bank Mr.  James  Royster,  U.  of  C Gymnasium 

7 :  30 — Atlas  Athletic  Club Mr.  Charles  Prieb,  Pres Gymnasium 

7 :  30 — Manual  Training Miss  Elizabeth  Jones Gymnasium 

7 :  so-Bohemian  Woman's  Club        £  Mrs.  Theresa  Klecker,  Pres. ..   .  Settlement  House 
First  Tuesday  in  month.. .  ) 

.  8 :  oo — Mandolin  Orchestra    Mr.  Alfred  Broman Gymnasium 

2  and  7— Probationers'  Report Miss  Caroline  Blinn Settlement  House 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  17 

WEDNESDAY. 

P.  M.  LEADERS.  PLACE. 

4:00 — Manual  Training Miss  Elizabeth  Jones Gymnasium 

7 : 30 — Working  Boys'  Gym.  Class.     Mr.  H.  G.  Reynolds Gymnasium 

Assistant  Librarian Mrs.  Sarah  Clark Gymnasium 

THURSDAY, 
p.  M. 

2:00— Woman's  Club Miss  McDowell Gymnasium 

2:00 — Library  Assistant Mr.  B.  Epstein,  U.  of  C Gymnasium 

4:00 — Children's  Hour  Club Miss  Blinn Settlement  House 

4 :  oo — Wood-Carving Miss  Bollie Gymnasium 

7 :  oo — Library  Assistant Mr.  Carl  Heinrich,  U.  of  C Gymnasium 

7:00 — Wood-Carving Miss  Bollie Gymnasium 

7 : 30 — Literature  Class Mr.  Thomas  H.  Briggs,  U.  of  C.  Settlement  House 

8 :  oo — Young  Woman's  Club Miss  Margaret  Hoblitt Settlement  House 

7 :  oo — Junior  Boys'  Gym.  Class  . . .     Mr.  H.  G.  Reynolds Gymnasium 

8 : 30— Young  Woman's  Gym.  Class    Mr.  H.  G.  Reynolds Gymnasium 

FRIDAY. 


(  Mis 
4 :  oo — Children's  Chorus <  Miss  Margaret  Hoblitt,  [•  Gymnasium 


Miss  Marie  R.  Hofer 

ss  Margaret  Hi 

Accompanist. 

7  :oo-Skylark  Chorus j  gj£  gofer- ........  ..........  j  Gymnas;um 

fMiss  Hofer ] 
MiSAlanfPTnis^10W: gymnasium 
Mr.  W.  S.  Ransom,  Pres J 

{Teachers:  1 

Mrs.  Todd,  U.  of  C . 
Miss  D.  G.  Tompkins,  U.  of  C. .  [-Settlement  House 
Miss  Nina  B.  Weston,       " 
Miss  Ada  E.  Jewell j 

7:30 — Manual  Training Miss  Elizabeth  Jones  Gymnasium 

Assistant  Librarian Mrs.  Sarah  Clark Gymnasium 

SATURDAY. 

A.  M. 

9:30 — Saving  Bank Mr.  A.  E.  Hotle,  U.  of  C Gymnasium 

9:3o-McDowellClub j  ^rs.  J.  C.Jwan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  j  Gymnasium 

9 :  30 — Sewing  School Miss  Libby Day  Nursery  B'ld'g 

10 :  oo — Play  Hour Miss  Isabelle  McKinney,  U.  of  C.     Gymnasium 

p.  M. 

2 :  oo — Embroidery  Class Miss  Helen  Brandis,  U.  of  C.  . .     Settlement  House 

7 : 30— Atlas  Athletic  Club Mr.  A.  W.  Place,  U.  of  C Gymnasium 

2 :  oo — Library  Assistant Mrs.  H.  W.  Brewster Gymnasium 


1 8  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

FEES. 

Literary  and  School  Extension  Classes,  50  cents  per 
ten  lessons. 

Gymnasium,  boys  and  girls,  5  cents  a  month. 

Gymnasium,  young  men  and  women,  I  o  cents  a  month. 

Orpheus  Chorus,  20  cents  a  month. 

Manual  Training,  i  cent  a  lesson. 

Children's  Chorus,  I  cent  a  lesson. 

Teachers  from  the  University  of  Chicago  give  their 
services. 

All  fees  go  toward  payment  for  light  and  printing. 

RULES  ADOPTED  BY  CONGRESS  OF  CLUBS. 

1.  No  person  shall  become  a  member  of  more  than  one 
social  club. 

2.  Each  club  shall  have  some  educational  aim  in  view 
and  shall  have  a  purely  social  evening  not  oftener 
than  once  a  month. 

3.  Each  club  shall  pay,  the  last  of  each  month,  its  share 
of  the  expense  of  lighting,  as  determined  by  the 
Congress  of  Clubs. 

THE  PROBATION  WORK. 

ONE  resident  of  the  Settlement  is  a  proba- 
tion officer  of  the  Juvenile  Court,  and  has 
ninety  boys  and  girls  in  her  care.  Of  these 
forty-two  are  in  school  and  thirty-four  are  at 
work.  The  effect  of  the  probation  system 
upon  truancy  is  marked.  Boys  who  were  hab- 
itual truants  last  winter,  with  the  prospect  of 
becoming  confirmed  criminals,  are  now  in 
school  and  are  bringing  good  reports  from  their 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  19 

teachers.  The  result  of  the  oversight  and  care 
both  of  the  truant  and  of  the  working  boys  is 
evident  in  their  regular  weekly  reports,  and  in 
their  energy  and  resolution  in  finding  work  and 
keeping  it. 

THE  PENNY  SAVINGS  BANK. 

THE  Pejiny  Savings  Bank,  which  is  open 
twice  a  week,  is  of  great  value  in  a  com- 
munity so  far  from  the  down-town  savings 
banks.  There  are  two  hundred  depositors ;  a 
single  book,  however,  often  represents  the 
savings  of  an  entire  family. 

MOVEMENTS  INITIATED. 

ONE  function  of  the  Settlement  is  to  prove 
a  need,  and  then  work  to  have  that  need 
supplied  bythe  city,  school,  or  church.  It 
never  wishes  to  do  what  other  institutions  can 
do  as  well  or  with  greater  economy.  The 
success  of  the  Seward  Vacation  School  of  1896 
proved  the  need  of  manual  training  in  the 
schools  near  the  Settlement.  A  petition  to 
the  Board  of  Education  secured  it.  Shower 
baths  at  the  Settlement  one  summer  proved 
that  the  people  wanted  a  public  bath.  The 
Settlement  Woman's  Club,  by  petition  and 
hard  work,  secured  the  Public  Bath  No.  3. 
Twelve  thousand  baths  were  given  in  August, 
1900.  It  was  so  overcrowded  that  a  move- 


20  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

ment  has  been  started  to  secure  a  swimming 
pool  in  connection  with  the  bath-house.  The 
following  are  a  few  other  institutions  for- 
warded by  the  Settlement  :  -vacation  schools, 
Bureau  of  Associated  Charities,  Clerks'  Asso- 
ciation, the  South  Side  Woman's  Club,  work- 
room for  needy  women,  and  public-school 
kindergartens. 

RELATION  TO  RELIEF  AGENCIES. 


Settlement  cooperates  with  the  Bu- 
J-  reau  of  Associated  Charities,  the  Relief 
and  Aid  Society,  the  Catholic  Visitation  and 
Aid  Society,  the  Children's  Home  and  Aid 
Society,  and  other  organizations.  In  brief, 
the  Settlement  aims  to  use  all  existing  organi- 
zations that  have  proved  helpful,  and  to  be- 
come a  center  for  cooperative  work.  Through 
it  the  various  churches,  clubs,  and  circles  on 
the  south  side  are  given  an  opportunity  to 
express  their  altruistic  spirit,  and  to  gain  a 
specific,  sympathetic  knowledge  of  social  con- 
ditions which  otherwise  seem  mere  fiction. 

After  living  six  years  in  a  community  so 
heterogeneous  in  its  social  make-up,  one  comes 
to  feel  that  its  only  democratic  institution  is 
the  public  school,  which  is  becoming  more  and 
more  a  social  and  educational  center  for  adults 
as  well  as  for  children.  The  Settlement  has 
participated  in  this  movement  in  one  case  by 


EVENING    AT   THE    SETTLEMENT. 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  21 

instituting  a  course  of  university- extension 
lectures,  and  in  another  by  cooperating  with 
the  Public  School  Art  Association  in  the 
annual  picture  exhibition. 

THE  LIBRARY. 

DURING  the  first  three  years  of  the  Set- 
tlement's existence  a  library  of  1,300 
volumes  was  gathered  together  from  various 
sources.  This  was  opened  several  times  a 
week,  and  the  books  were  at  the  disposal  of 
the  neighbors  and  their  children.  Library 
hours  were  made  the  occasion  of  a  pleasant 
gathering,  when  children  were  at  liberty  to 
handle  and  select  their  own  books,  and  were 
encouraged  to  talk  of  what  they  had  read. 
Story-telling,  music,  and  talks  on  art  were 
also  a  part  of  the  library  afternoons  and 
evenings. 

When  the  circulation  reached  800  volumes 
a  month,  a  library  station  was  secured  for  the 
•  Settlement  from  the  Chicago  Public  Library 
Board.  The  circulation  for  the  year  1899  from 
this  station  was  16,000  volumes.  Carefully 
grrded  lists  have  been  prepared  for  the  school 
children,  and  as  much  help  as  possible  is  given 
to  adults  in  the  selection  of  reading  matter.  A 
reading-room  is  open  at  all  hours.  The  origi- 
nal Settlement  library  is  reserved  for  the  use 
of  clubs,  classes,  and  for  special  cases. 


22  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

OTHER    AFFILIATED     INTERESTS,     NOT 
SUPPORTED   BY  THE   SETTLEMENT. 

THE  University  Settlement  Day  Nursery 
was  organized  at  the  same  time  and  under 
the  same  roof  with  the  Settlement.  They  lived 
together  two  years,  when  the  Nursery  Associa- 
tion built  a  home  of  its  own  two  blocks  away. 
Here  is  held  the  kindergarten,  which  was 
started  by  the  Settlement,  but  which  is  now  a 
public-school  kindergarten.  The  Settlement 
residents  assist  in  the  kindergarten  mothers' 
meetings,  and  cooperate  with  the  Day  Nursery. 

The  Dispensary  is  in  charge  of  two  women 
physicians,  who  started  the  enterprise  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Settlement,  but  who 
have  been  independent  of  it  for  several  years. 
The  number  of  patients,  mostly  women  and 
children,  averages  thirty  a  day.  Eye  and  ear 
clinics  are  held  twice  a  week. 

The  Visiting  Nurse,  supported  by  the  Visit- 
ing Nurses'  Association,  cooperates  with  the 
Settlement,  and  is  of  invaluable  service  to  the 
sick  of  the  community. 

RESIDENTS. 

DURING  the  six  years  of  the  Settlement's 
life    the    average    number  of    residents, 
men  and  women,  has   been  six  —  the  smallest 
number  at  any  time  being  two,  and  the  largest, 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  23 

ten.  Two  women  have  been  in  residence  for 
six  years,  one  for  over  five  years,  two  for  two 
years,  and  several  for  one  year.  The  shortest 
periods  of  residence  have  been  for  summer 
months.  Residents  pay  their  own  expenses, 
and  are  expected  to  remain  at  least  six  months. 
The  present  residents  at  the  Settlement  are  : 

Miss  MARY  E.  MCDOWELL. 
Miss  CAROLINE  BLINN. 
Miss  ELIZABETH  B.  JONES. 
Miss  LAURA  S.  BASS. 
Miss  MARGARET  HOBLITT. 
Miss  HELEN  A.  DENNISON. 
MAJOR  MALCOLM  MCDOWELL. 
MRS.  MALCOLM  MCDOWELL. 
MR.  HANSON  MCDOWELL. 
MR.  EDWIN  D.  SOLENBERGER. 

THE  PARAMOUNT  NEED. 

THE  paramount  need  of  the  Settlement  is 
the  completion  of  the  buildings  on  Gross 
avenue,  of  which  the  new  gymnasium  is  the  be- 
ginning. The  building  that  has  been  planned 
includes  reading-rooms  and  club-rooms  to  be 
open  nightly  for  men  and  boys,  suitable  quar- 
ters for  the  cooking  classes,  which  now  are 
turned  away  for  lack  of  room,  and  a  home  for 
the  residents,  of  whom  there  are  at  present 
nine  in  quarters  which  are  comfortable  only 
for  five.  Twenty-five  thousand  dollars  will 


24  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

complete  the  buildings  and  supply  the  needed 
rooms.  It  is  hoped  that  the  near  future  will 
see  this  plan  become  a  reality. 

RELATION   TO   THE    UNIVERSITY. 

r  I  ^HE  Settlement  brings  to  the  University 
-I-  the  problems  of  real  life — vital  problems 
that  need  the  thinker  as  well  as  the  doer  to 
solve  them.  It  introduces  the  student  of  the- 
ories and  principles  to  the  laboratory  of  human 
experience,  and  hence  is  of  great  value  to  the 
student  of  social  science.  It  also  offers  a 
valuable  supplement  to  the  theological  train- 
ing of  the  divinity  student,  for  it  affords  a 
school  where  he  meets  all  kinds  of  questions 
and  people,  and  where  he  must  learn  to  deal 
with  them  with  the  tact  and  love  of  his  Master. 
The  official  connection  between  the  Univer- 
sity and  the  Settlement  is  recognized  in  the 
appointment  by  the  trustees  of  the  Head  Resi- 
dent as  assistant  in  the  Department  of  Sociol- 
ogy. The  unofficial  Interest  taken  by  members 
of  the  Faculty  of  the  University  in  the  Settle- 
ment is  indicated  by  the  following  list  of  mem- 
bers who  have  lectured  at  the  Settlement : 
Professors  Charles  Zueblin,  John  Dewey,  J.  L. 
Laughlin,  E.  H.  Lewis,  F.  J.  Miller,  Frederick 
Starr,  H.  H.  Donaldson,  W.  D.  MacClintock, 
F.  A.  Blackburn,  R.  D.  Salisbury,  F.  B.  Tar- 
bell,  J.  P.  Iddings,  H.  S.  Fiske,  G.  E.  Vincent, 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  25 

J.  R.  Angell,  R.  G.  Moulton,  Camillo  von  Klenze, 
Myra  Reynolds,  Alice  Freeman  Palmer.  The 
interest  of  the  students  in  the  enterprise  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  twenty-three  are  doing 
regular  work  at  the  Settlement. 


APPLICATION   FOR   CHARTER. 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
COOK  COUNTY. 

To  JAMES  A.  ROSE,  Secretary  of  State  : 

We,  the  undersigned,  William  R.  Harper,  Edmund 
J.  James,  and  Adolph  C.  Miller,  citizens  of  the  United 
States,  propose  to  form  a  corporation  under  an  Act  of 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled, 
"An  Act  concerning  Corporations,"  approved  April  1 8, 
1872,  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof;  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  such  organization  we  hereby  state  as  follows,  to 
wit : 

I.  The  name  of  such  corporation  is  UNIVERSITY  OF 
CHICAGO  SETTLEMENT. 

f  2.  The  object  for  which  it  is  formed  is  to  provide  a 
center  for  educational,  religious,  and  philanthropic 
work. 

3.  The  management  of  the  aforesaid  UNIVERSITY  OF 
CHICAGO  SETTLEMENT  shall  be  vested  in  a  Board  of 
Twelve  Directors. 

4.  The  following  persons  are  hereby  selected  as  the 
Directors  to  control  and  manage  said  corporation  for 
the  first  year  of  its  corporate  existence,  viz.:  William 
R.   Harper,  John  M.  Coulter,  Charles  R.   Henderson, 


26  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

Adolph  C.  Miller,  E.  Hastings  Moore,  George  C.  How- 
land,  Myra  Reynolds,  Edmund  J.  James,  F.  T.  Gates, 
Rho  Fisk  Zueblin,  Louise  Palmer  Vincent,  and  Mary 
E.  McDowell. 

5.  The  location  is  in  Chicago,  in  the  County  of  Cook, 
State  of  Illinois. 

Signed  :     WILLIAM  R.  HARPER. 
EDMUND  J.  JAMES. 
A.  C.  MILLER. 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 
COUNTY  OF  COOK. 

I,  George  C.  Howland,  a  Notary  Public  in  and  for 
the  City,  County,  and  State  aforesaid,  do  hereby  certify 
that  on  this  26th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1898,  personally 
appeared  before  me  William  R.  Harper,  Edmund  J. 
James,  and  Adolph  C.  Miller,  to  me  personally  known 
to  be  the  same  persons  who  executed  the  foregoing  cer- 
tificate, and  severally  acknowledged  that  they  had 
executed  the  same  for  the  purposes  therein  set  forth. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  above  written. 

r         -,  GEORGE  C.  HOWLAND, 

Notary  Public. 
4605  Drexel  Boulevard, 
Chicago. 

CHARTER. 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE. 

JAMES  A.  ROSE,  SECRETARY  OF  STATE. 

To  All  to  Whom  These  Presents  Shall  Come,  Greeting: 
WHEREAS,  A  certificate,  duly  signed  and  acknowl- 
edged, having  been  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary 
of    State    on  the    28th   day  of  January,   A.  D.    1898, 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  27 

for  the  organization  of  the  UNIVERSITY  SETTLEMENT, 
under  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  "An  Act 
concerning  Corporations,"  approved  April  18,  1872,  and 
in  force  July  i,  1872,  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof,  a 
copy  of  which  certificate  is  hereto  attached ; 

Now,  therefore,  I,  JAMES  A.  ROSE,  Secretary  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  duties 
vested  in  me  by  law,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  said 
UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO  SETTLEMENT  is  a  legally 
organized  corporation  under  the  laws  of  this  state. 

IN  TESTIMONY  WHEREOF  I  hereto  set 
my  hand    and    cause   to   be  affixed    the 
great  Seal  of  State.     Done  at  the  City  of 
Springfield  this  28th  day  of  January,  in 
[SEAL]          the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred   and    ninety-eight,   and   of    the 
Independence  of   the  United  States  the 
one  hundred  and  twenty-second. 
JAMES  A.  ROSE, 

Secretary  of  State, 


THE    CONSTITUTION  OF  THE    UNIVERSITY 
SETTLEMENT. 

ARTICLE  I.     Name. 

The  name  of  this  association  shall  be  the  University 
of  Chicago  Settlement. 

ARTICLE  II.     Object. 

The  object  for  which  the  association  is  formed  is  to 
provide  a  center  for  educational,  religious,  and  philan- 
thropic work. 


28  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

ARTICLE  III.     Members. 

SECTION  i.  The  members  of  this  association  shall 
be  the  members  of  the  present  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  to  the  number  of 
twelve,  representing  the  original  incorporators ;  or  such 
persons  as  may  hereafter  be  chosen  in  their  places. 

SEC.  2.  Of  these  twelve,  three  shall  be  members 
ex  officio,  to  wit :  the  President  of  the  University,  the 
Chaplain  of  the  University,  and  the  Head  Resident  of 
the  Settlement.  Of  the  nine  remaining  members,  two 
shall  be  representatives  nominated  by  the  Settlement 
League  and  elected  by  the  Settlement,  and  one  a  rep- 
resentative nominated  by  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Christian  Union  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  and 
elected  by  the  Settlement.  Members  so  chosen  on 
nomination  shall  serve  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

The  remaining  six  members  shall  be  elected  by  the 
Settlement  at  its  annual  meetings,  to  serve  for  three 
years  from  the  date  of  election.  The  Settlement,  as  at 
this  date  constituted,  shall  in  such  manner  as  it  sees  fit 
divide  the  present  six  elected  members  into  three 
classes  of  two  members  each,  of  which  classes  one  shall 
serve  until  the  first  Wednesday  in  January,  1901,  one  until 
the  first  Wednesday  in  January,  1902,  and  one  until  the 
first  Wednesday  in  January,  1903.  All  members  there- 
after chosen  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Settlement 
shall  serve  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  their  election, 
or  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

SEC.  3.  Vacancies  in  the  membership  of  the  Settle- 
ment may  be  caused  by  death,  resignation,  or  by  unani- 
mous vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  regularly 
called  meeting.  Such  vacancies  occurring  between  two 
annual  meetings  may  be  filled  by  the  election  of  mem- 
bers to  serve  out  the  unexpired  terms  of  their  prede- 
cessors. 


The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  29 

ARTICLE  IV.     Honorary  Members. 

All  officers  of  contributing  associations,  and  such 
persons  as  contribute  not  less  than  five  dollars  annually, 
shall  be  honorary  members  of  the  Settlement.  They 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  free  of  expense,  the  publica- 
tions of  the  Settlement,  and  shall  be  invited  to  attend 
the  annual  meeting. 

ARTICLE  V.     Meetings. 

The  Settlement  shall  hold  its  annual  meeting  on  the 
first  Wednesday  in  January,  as  provided  by  the  charter. 
Other  meetings  shall  be  held  at  the  call  of  the  president, 
and  at  such  times  as  the  Settlement  may  hereafter 
specify.  Notice  of  all  meetings  shall  be  given  by  the 
secretary  five  days  in  advance.  Five  members  shall 
constitute  a  quorum. 

ARTICLE  VI.     Officers. 

SECTION  i.  The  officers  of  the  Settlement  shall  be 
a  president,  a  secretary,  and  a  treasurer,  elected  for  the 
term  of  one  year  at  the  annual  meeting,  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  January.  They  shall  perform  the  func- 
tions usually  pertaining  to  their  several  offices,  and  such 
other  duties  as  the  Settlement  may  direct. 

SEC.  2.  The  officers  of  the  Settlement  together 
with  the  head  resident  shall  constitute  an  executive 
committee,  which  shall  have  powers  as  hereafter  speci- 
fied in  the  by-laws. 

ARTICLE  VII.    Relation  to  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Settlement  is,  in  origin,  the  Philanthropic  Com- 
mittee of  the  Christian  Union  of  the  University  of 
Chicago,  and  its  incorporation  in  no  way  invalidates  its 
obligation  to  act  as  such.  Accordingly,  in  its  membership 
shall  always  be  included  a  representative  nominated  by 


30  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

the  Christian  Union,  as  provided  in  Article  III.  The 
officers  of  the  Settlement  shall  hold  themselves  ready  to 
make  such  report  and  furnish  such  information  on  the 
condition  of  the  Settlement  as  may  be  desired  by  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Union. 

ARTICLE  VIII.     Amendments. 
This  constitution  may  be  amended  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  entire  membership  of  the  Settlement  at  a 
meeting  held  for  the  purpose,  notice  of  which  has  been 
given  one  month  in  advance. 


BUDGET. 

The  budget  for  the  year  beginning  May  i,   1900, 
is  as  follows : 

ESTIMATED  INCOME.  EXPENDITURES. 

Faculty  subscriptions.  .$1,000       Rent $480 

Vesper  collections 400       Fuel 500 

Lookout  Club 144       Light 300 

Board  of  Education. . .      324       Wages 855 

Settlement  clubs ill  Laundry  and  sundries  ..125 

Telephone  subscription      175       Miscellaneous 100 

Outside  subscriptions. .        50       Telephone 175 

Settlement  League  .. .   1,500       Head  Resident 800 

Repairs  and  furnishings.  150 

rP3>7°4  . 

#3,530 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

President,  JAMES  R.  ANGELL. 

Secretary,  ROBERT  M.  LOVETT. 

Treasurer,  FRANK  B.  TARBELL. 

WILLIAM  R.  HARPER.  MRS.  EDWIN  O.  JORDAN. 

CHARLES   L.  HUTCHINSON.  ADOLF  C.  MILLER. 

MARY  E.  MCDOWELL.  CAROLINE  BLINN. 

CHARLES   R.  HENDERSON.  CHARLES  R.  BARNES. 
MRS.  HORACE  S.  FISKE. 


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HONORARY    MEMBERS. 


W.  M.-Arnolt. 
Mrs.  F.  P.  Bagley. 
Mrs.  Alfred  Baker. 
Lewellys  F.  Barker. 
Clifford  W.  Barnes. 
Mrs.  Clifford  W.  Barnes. 
Miss  Mary  M.  Bartelme. 
Mrs.  Fred  Becker. 
Mrs.  William  Benton. 
Miss  Edna  Bevans. 
Mrs.  Emmons  Elaine. 
F.  M.  Blanchard. 
Miss  Helen  Blumenthal. 
Oskar  Bolza. 
Thomas  H.  Briggs. 
Clarence  Buckingham. 
W.  R.  Burke. 

E.  D.  Burton. 

Mrs.  Florence  H.  Callender. 
Edward  Capps. 

F.  I.  Carpenter. 
Miss  Christine  Caryl. 
C.  F.  Ca'stle. 

T.  C.  Chamberlin. 

C.  M.  Child. 

S.  H.  Clark. 

Mrs.  Coolidge. 

John  M.  Coulter. 

C.  E.  Crandall. 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Crane. 

S.  W.  Cutting. 

C.  B.  Davenport. 

John  Dewey. 

Mrs.  Wallace  De  Wolf. 

Henry  H.  Donaldson. 

Miss  Naomi  Donnelley. 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Donnelley. 


T.  E.  Donnelley. 
Joseph  W.  Errant. 
Mrs.  Joseph  W.  Errant. 
Livingstone  Fargo. 
Marvin  A.  Farr. 
E.  G.  Foreman. 
G.  B.  Foster. 
Ernst  Freund. 
David  Gamble. 
Mrs.  Edward  Gaylord. 
G.  S.  Goodspeed. 
Miss  Eva  Graves. 
Mrs.  S.  E.  Gross. 
George  E.  Hale. 
Mrs.  Burton  Hanson. 
Robert  F.  Harper. 
Henry  R.  Hatneld. 
G.  L.  Hendrickson. 
Mrs.  Charles  Henrotin. 
William  Hill. 
Mrs.  William  Hill. 
G.  M.  Hobbs. 
Miss  Amalie  Hofer. 
Miss  Mane  Hofer. 
Bayard  Holmes. 
Mrs.  Bayard  Holmes. 
E.  B.  Hulbert. 
S.  H.  Kurd. 
J.  P.  Iddings. 
E.  O.  Jordan. 
H.  P.  Judson. 
Mrs.  Milo  Kellog. 
Miss  Kinnard. 
Gordon  J.  Laing. 
Mrs.  Eben  Lane. 
J.  L.  Laughlin. 
Felix  Lengfeld. 


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C.  T.  Leonard. 

Mrs.  Charles  Leonard. 

E.  H.  Lewis. 
J.  Lindgren. 
Mrs.  J.  Lindgren. 
Jacques  Loeb. 

F.  O.  Lowden. 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Lytton. 
W.  D.  MacClintock. 
Mrs.  Charles  A,  Mallory. 
Miss  Frances  Marder. 
B.  C.  Marsh. 

H.  Maschke. 
S.  Mathews. 
Mrs.  Otto  Matz. 

G.  H.  Mead. 
Albert  A.  Michelson. 
F.  J.  Miller. 

J.  W.  Moncrief. 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Montgomery. 

E.  H.  Moore. 
W.  H.  Moore. 
R.  G.  Moulton. 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Munger. 
A.  F.  Naylor. 

J.  U.  Nef. 
Henry  M.  Norton. 
Mrs.  O.  W.  Norton. 
Mrs.  O.  W.  Noyes. 
Miss  Anna  Oakley. 

F.  B.  Orr. 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Orr. 
Mrs.  A.  Paddon. 
Miss  T.  Paemoller. 
Mrs.  Elia  W.  Peattie. 
Dwight  Perkins. 
Mrs.  Dwight  Perkins. 
Mrs.  Howard  E.  Perry. 
Mrs.  Charles  B.  Pope. 
Miss  Florence  Pride. 
W.  S.  Ransom. 
Norman  B.  Ream. 
Miss  Myra  Reynolds. 


Dan  Riordan. 

Martin  A.  Ryerson. 

Mrs.  J.  Y.  Scammon. 

H.  Schmidt-Wartenberg. 

Mrs.  George  Seaverns. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Sevan. 

Paul  Shorey. 

Albion  W.  Small. 

C.  P.  Small. 

Alexander  Smith. 

Byron  L.  Smith. 

A.  G.  Spalding. 

A.  A.  Sprague. 

O.  S.  A.  Sprague. 

A.  A.  Stagg. 

Julius  Stieglitz. 

S.  W.  Stratton. 

Miss  Clara  Sturges. 

Mrs.  George  Sturges. 

Miss  Helen  Sturges. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Swan. 

Miss  Marion  Talbot. 

O.  J.  Thatcher. 

J.  W.  Thomas. 

W.  I.  Thomas. 

Mrs.  George  Thome. 

J.  H.  Tufts. 

George  E.  Vincent. 

Mrs.  A.  V.  H.  Wakeman. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Wallace. 

English  Walling. 

Willoughby  Walling. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Walter. 

Mrs.  Lydia  A.  Coonley  Ward. 

Mrs.  William  Washburn. 

Mrs.  A.  I.  Watson. 

Franklin  H.  Wentworth. 

Mrs.  Franklin  H.  Wentworth. 

Miss  Florence  Wilkinson. 

J.  W.  A.  Young. 

Otto  Young. 

Charles  Zueblin. 


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THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO 
SETTLEMENT  LEAGUE. 

ORGANIZATION  AND    PURPOSE. 

The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement  League  was 
formed  by  the  ladies  connected  with  the  University 
Faculty  at  a  meeting  held  in  October,  1895,  at  the  invita- 
tion of  Mrs.  W.  R.  Harper.  The  object  of  the  League 
is  to  arouse  interest  in  the  University  of  Chicago 
Settlement  at  the  Stock  Yards  and  to  give  it  regular 
financial  support  through  the  University  of  Chicago 
Settlement  Board.  The  study  of  sociological  questions 
and  the  promotion  of  social  intercourse  are  also  purposes 
of  the  League. 

Those  qualified  for  membership  are  :  members  of 
the  Faculty,  or  fellows  and  graduate  students,  of  the 
University  of  Chicago ;  members  of  the  immediate 
families  of  (i)  members  of  the  Faculty,  (2)  fellows  or 
graduate  students,  (3)  members  of  faculties  of  affiliated 
schools  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  (4)  members  of 
the  Quadrangle  Club. 

The  League  will  also  receive  as  honorary  members 
persons  not  connected  with  the  University  who  are 
interested  in  Settlement  work.  The  dues  of  honorary 
members  are  five  dollars  a  year.  These  dues,  together 
with  the  membership  fees  of  the  League  (initiation  fee 
one  dollar,  and  annual  dues  two  dollars)  and  benefit 
proceeds,  are  used  for  the  support  of  the  Settlement. 

SUMMARIZED    REPORTS     OF    TREASURERS. 


1895-96 $   271.87 

1896-97       -        -  892.95 

1897-98  971.22 

1898-99  i, 611.86 

1899-1900       -  3,300.00 

Sum  total                                        •  $7,047.90 


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PROCEEDS   FROM   SETTLEMENT  BENEFITS. 
Lecture,  February,  1896: 

Gross  receipts  -         -       $      68.00 

Net  receipts     -  57-°° 

Vaudeville,  March,  1897  : 

Gross  receipts      -  792.78 

Net  receipts     -----  624.78 

French  and  German  Plays,  February,  1898: 

Gross  receipts      -  811.44 

Net  receipts     -         -  675.22 

First  Comic  Opera,  March,  1899  : 

Gross  receipts      -  2,250.00 

Net  receipts     -  1,600.00 

Second  Comic  Opera,  May,  1900  : 

Estimated  gross  receipts  7,630.09 

Estimated  net  receipts  3.525.07 

Total  gross  receipts  •     $11,552.31 

Total  net  receipts      -  6,482.07 

SPEAKERS  BEFORE  THE  LEAGUE. 

Dr.  E.  R.  L.  Gould — "  The  Purpose  and  Value  of  Univer- 
sity Settlements." 

Mrs.  Kodis — "The  Poles  in  America." 

Miss  Mari  Hofer — "Folk  Songs." 

Mrs.  J.  Humpal  Zeman — "The  Life  of  the  Bohemian  in 
Chicago  and  Abroad." 

Mr.  George  L.  Schreiber — "Art  in  the  Settlement  District." 

Mrs.  Florence  Kelley — "Child  Labor." 

Mrs.  Charles  Zueblin  — "A  Visit  to  William  Morris'  Fac- 
tory." 

Miss  Jane  Addams — "Settlements  and  Educational  Meth- 
ods." 

Professor  Shailer  Mathews  — "  Progress  at  the  Settlement." 

Professor  Graham  Taylor — "Social  Problems  of  the  Day." 

Miss  Josephine  Locke  — "Art  and  an  Appeal  for  its  Recog- 
nition." 

Mrs.  Candace  Wheeler — "  Industrial  Art." 

Mr.  Wallace  Rice — "The  Poetry  of  Reform." 


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Mr.  John  P.  Gavit — "Municipal  Playgrounds." 
Professor  E.  O.  Jordan — "Municipal  Hygiene." 
Mr.  Henry  W.  Thurston — "Playgrounds  in  Hyde  Park." 
Miss  Ellen  Starr — "Public-School  Art  Movement." 
Professor  O.  L.  Triggs — "Art  at  the  University." 
Mrs.  Charles  Henrotin — "  Consumers' League." 
Mr.    Dv/ight    Perkins  — "  Problems   of    Tenement-House 
Architecture." 

Mr.  John  Graham  Brooks — "Consumers'  Leagues." 
Mr.  Charles  Francis  Browne  — "  The  Western  Artists." 
Miss  Mary  E.  McDowell  — "A  Summer  at  the  Settlement." 
Miss  Charlotte  Teller — "The  Injustice  of  Philanthropy." 

OFFICERS    1895-1901. 

1895-96. 

President — MRS.  HARRY  PRATT  JUDSON. 
Vice- President — MRS.  WILLIAM  D.  MACCLINTOCK. 
Recording  Secretary  —  MRS.  ROBERT  MORSS  LOVETT. 
Corresponding  Secretary — MRS.  CHARLES  ZUEBLIN. 
Treasurer—  MRS.  ELIAKIM  HASTINGS  MOORE. 

1896-97. 

President — MRS.  GEORGE  EDGAR  VINCENT. 
Vice- President — MRS.  FRANK  JUSTUS  MILLER. 
Recording  Secretary — MRS.  WILLIAM  HILL. 
Corresponding    Secretary — MRS.     JAMES      ROWLAND 

ANGELL. 
Treasurer — MRS.  ELIAKIM  HASTINGS  MOORE. 

1897-98. 

President — MRS.  CHARLES  ZUEBLIN. 
Vice- President — MRS.  JAMES  WESTFALL  THOMPSON. 
Recording  Secretary  —  MRS.  HORACE  SPENCER  FISKE. 
Corresponding  Secretary — MRS.  SHAILER  MATHEWS. 
Treasurer — MRS.  HARRY  PRATT  JUDSON. 


36  The  University  of  Chicago  Settlement 

1898-99. 

President — MRS.  CHARLES  ZUEBLIN. 

Vice- President — MRS.  ADOLPH  CASPAR  MILLER. 

Recording  Secretary — MRS.  FREDERIC  IVES  CAR- 
PENTER. 

Corresponding  Secretary — MRS.  HORACE  SPENCER 
FISKE. 

Assistant  Corresponding  Secretary  —  MRS.  EDWIN  ERLE 
SPARKS. 

Treasurer — MRS.  HEXRY  RAND  HATFIELD. 

Assistant  Treasurer — MRS.  WM.  MORTON  WHEELER. 

1899-1900. 

President — MRS.  EDWIN  OAKES  JORDAN. 
Vice- President — MRS.  JAMES  ROWLAND  ANGELL. 
Recording  Secretary — MRS.  JACQUES  LOEB. 
Corresponding    Secretary — MRS.     CHARLES     PORTER 

SMALL. 
Treasurer — MRS.  CARL  DARLING  BUCK. 

1000-1901. 

President — MRS.  HORACE  SPENCER  FISKE. 

Vice-President — MRS.  CHARLES  RICHMOND  HENDER- 
SON. 

Recording  Secretary — MRS.  JACQUES  LOEB. 

Corresponding  Secretary — MRS.  JAMES  ROWLAND 
ANGELL. 

Treasurer — Miss  SUSAN  WADE  PEABODY. 

MEMBERSHIP    LIST. 

A 

Mrs.  Philip  S.  Allen 602  West  Sixtieth  place 

Mrs.  Galusha  Anderson Morgan  Park 

Mrs.  James  Rowland  Angell 5825  Kimbark  avenue 


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B 

Mrs.  David  Baker 5744  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Balch 710  East  Fifty-eighth  street 

Mrs.  George  H.  Ballon 5832  Rosalie  court 

Miss  Susan  Helen  Ballon 5832  Rosalie  court 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Barnes 220  East  Sixtieth  street 

Miss  Mary  Barrett 4750  Lake  avenue 

Mrs.  A.  G.  Beaunisne 5222  Hibbard  avenue 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Belfield 5738  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  Oskar  Bolza 5810  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  James  Harrington  Boyd 5823  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  James  H.  Breasted The  University 

Mrs.  Carl  Darling  Buck 57 1 6  Washington  avenue 

Dr.  Sara  Buckley 301  East  Fifty-sixth  street 

Mrs.  Ernest  DeWitt  Burton 5524  Monroe  avenue 

Miss  Annice  Bradford  Butts 40  Forty -seventh  street 

C 

Mrs.  Edward  Capps 5717  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Frederic  Ives  Carpenter 5533  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Frank  Cary 2935  Indiana  avenue 

Mrs.  Clarence  F.  Castle 54&8  Ridgewood  court 

Mrs.  Ralph  C.  H.  Catterall 6018  Stony  Island  avenue 

Miss  G.  I.  Chamberlin Beecher  Hall 

Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Chamberlin Hyde  Park  Hotel 

Mrs.  Charles  Manning  Child 6024  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  John  Merle  Coulter 341  East  Fifty-third  street 

Mrs.  Starr  W.  Cutting 514  East  Fifty-third  street 

D 

Mrs.  Charles  B.  Davenport 5725  Monroe  avenue 

Mrs.  Charles  Davis Fifty-ninth  -street  and  Rosalie  court 

Mrs.  John  Dewey 6036  Jefferson  avenue 

Mrs.  Henry  Herbert  Donaldson 5740  Woodlawn  avenue 

Miss  Gertrude  Dudley Kelly  Hall 

E 
Mrs.  George  Eckels 5535  Woodlawn  avenue 


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F 

Miss  Elizabeth  Faulkner 98  Oakwood  avenue 

Mrs.  George  E.  Fellows 5336  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  N.  M.  Fenneman 344  East  Fifty-seventh  street 

Mrs.  Horace  Spencer  Fiske 344  East  Fifty-seventh  street 

Mrs.  George  B.  Foster 5535  Lexington  avenue 

G 

Mrs.  John  J.  Glessner 1800  Prairie  avenue 

Mrs.  George  S.  Goodspeed 5537  Lexington  avenue 

Miss  Eva  B.  Graves 4526  Woodlawn  avenue 

H 

Mrs.  William  Gardner  Hale 5757  Lexington  avenue 

Mrs.  William  Rainey  Harper. .  .Fifty-ninth  street  and 

Lexington  avenue 

Mrs.  Henry  Rand  Hatfield 6024  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Henderson 5736  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  George  Lincoln  Hendrickson  . .  5515  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  John  C.  Hessler 5756  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  William  Hill 5728  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Glenn  M.  Hobbs 6045  Jefferson  avenue 

Mrs.  George  E.  Howland 4605  Drexel  boulevard 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Hunter 5753  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Hutchinson 5708  Monroe  avenue 

J 

Mrs.  Edmund  J.  James The  University 

Mrs.  Franklin  Johnson 222  East  Fifty-third  street 

Mrs.  Frank  Asbury  Johnson 5817  Monroe  avenue 

Mrs.  Edwin  Oakes  Jordan 5720  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Harry  Pratt  Judson 5828  Woodlawn  avenue 

K 

Mrs.  Paul  O.  Kern 5475  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  S.  H.  Kirchberger 3624  Grand  boulevard 

Mrs.  Clara  von  Klenze 5338  Washington  avenue 


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L 

Mrs.  James  Laurence  Laughlin 5747  Lexington  avenue 

Mrs.  Kurt  Laves 5558  Drexel  avenue 

Mrs.  Jacques-Loeb 5754  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Robert  Morss  Lovett 546l  Cornell  avenue 

Mrs.  E.  P.  Lyon 6153  Ellis  avenue 

M 

Miss  Mary  E.  McDowell 4638  Ashland  avenue 

Mrs.  William  D.  MacClintock 5629  Lexington  avenue 

Mrs.  Charles  Riborg  Mann 5442  Ridgewood  court 

Mrs.  John  S.  Marshall 48  Groveland  park 

Mrs.  Heinrich  Maschke 5810  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Shailer  Mathews S73&  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Adolph  C.  Miller The  University 

Mrs.  Frank  J.  Miller 357  East  Fifty-eighth  street 

Mrs.  Newman  Miller 5803  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Charles  F.  Millspaugh 5748  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Clifford  Mitchell 6030  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  John  W.  Moncrief '." 5717  Monroe  avenue 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Montgomery 5548  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Addison  W.  Moore 5827  Kimbark  avenue 

Mrs.  Eliakim  Hastings  Moore 5538  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  Richard  Green  Moulton Hotel  Windermere 

N 

Mrs.  Theodore  L.  Neff .5827  Kimbark  avenue 

Mrs.  George  W.  Northrup,  Jr 5835  Kimbark  avenue 

O 
Mrs.  William  B.  Owen The  University 

P 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Parsons 5714  Madison  avenue 

Miss  Susan  Wade  Peabody Kelly  Hall 

R 

Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Raycroft 6109  Greenwood  avenue 

Mrs.  W.  D.  Rice 6345  Ingleside  avenue 

Miss  Luanna  Robertson Kelly  Hall 


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S 

Mrs.  Francis  W.  Shepardson 5515  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  Paul  Shorey 5516  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  G.  C.  Sikes 215  Jackson  Park  terrace 

Mrs.  Herbert  E.  Slaught 5535  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Albion  Woodbury  Small 5731  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  Charles  Porter  Small 5727  Madison  avenue 

Mrs.  Edwin  Erie  Sparks 57*6  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Stirling 1616  Prairie  avenue 

T 

Miss  Marion  Talbot Green  Hall 

Mrs.  Benjamin  S.  Terry 5525  Monroe  avenue 

Mrs.  James  Westfall  Thompson ....  5747  Washington  avenue 

Mrs.  Albert  H.  Tolman 5750  Woodlawn  avenue 

Miss  Trirmfiingham 5237  Cornell  avenue 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Carter  Troop 228  East  Fifty  third  street 

Mrs.  James  H.  Tufts 5549  Woodlawn  avenue 

Miss  Ruth  Tunnicliff 394  Marshfield  avenue 

V 

Mrs.  George  Edgar  Vincent 5737  Lexington  avenue 

Mrs.  Clyde  W.  Votaw 437  East  Sixty-first  street 

W 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Walton 5737  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  F.  A.  Wells 6704  Stewart  avenue 

Mrs.  Wardner  Williams 5822  Drexel  avenue 

Y 

Mrs.  J.  W.  A.  Young , 5758  Washington  avenue 

Z 

Mrs.  Charles  Zueblin 6052  Kimbark  avenue 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Bond 2733  Michigan  avenue 

Mrs.  Orville  T.  Bright 6515  Harvard  avenue 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Donnelley 4609  Woodlawn  avenue 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Levy 5477  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  O.  W.  Norton 4815  Lake  avenue 

Miss  Schoenmann 6028  Kimbark  avenue 

Mrs.  John  E.  Woodhead 5016  Ellis  avenue 

Mrs.  John  E.  Zueblin 6052  Kimbark  avenue 


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